A couple weeks ago, I got to host a big party to celebrate Matrix Group’s 15th anniversary. A couple hundred staff, clients, former staff, friends and partners showed up and enjoyed great music, awesome food, a chance to say hello to their favorite Matrix Group staff, and even hear my Top 15 Moments in Matrix […]
Last week, we contacted a client to coordinate a site server upgrade, which required a DNS change. The response we got was a little alarming. The client’s IT Director had left and nobody knew where the password to their DNS registry was kept. Ouch. I had lunch with a friend who said he keeps passwords […]
Last Wednesday afternoon, with not one snowflake on the ground, schools and local jurisdictions were announcing closures in advance of Thursday’s monster snowstorm. In the past, I would gotten up early the day of the storm to make the call re: keeping the office open or following the federal government’s lead and close the office. […]
In honor of Thanksgiving, I asked my staff to share their favorite websites and traditions. Not surprising, what came back was a collection of foodie websites and a bunch of traditions involving family, friends and sharing a great meal. From everyone here at Matrix Group, have a happy, safe and delicious Thanksgiving! Our Favorite Thanksgiving […]
Last week, Matrix Group launched a redesigned version of this blog, TheMatrixFiles.net. Why redesign my blog? I wanted to update the layout and colors, I wanted each post to be more social, and, most importantly, I wanted the site to be responsive. Responsive web design is “an approach to web design in which a site […]
A candidate for one of our jobs recently commented that he loved the company culture at Matrix Group. To be honest, I was initially suspicious. What could he possibly glean about our company culture through one interview and one tour of the office? But I was also curious since recruiting top talent is an imperative […]
A few years ago, Matrix Group stopped sending out a weekly email newsletter.Why? We were launching a company blog, we were getting more active on Twitter and Facebook, and other organizations were dropping their email newsletters. The marketing staff was spread thin, so killing the Matrix Missive seemed like the right thing to do. We […]
Just as our moms and Miss Manners tell us to never to break up with someone via email or Facebook, I tell my Project Managers to never, ever deliver bad news to clients or staff via e-mail or instant messenger (IM). Delivering bad news via email or IM is just plain bad business so why […]
I have a nice corner office at Matrix Group, but I haven’t seen it in a while. Why? Well, it’s been a busy couple of months at the company and I’m spending most of my days in the War Room. We don’t really have a War Room like the White House. At Matrix Group, any […]
Matrix Group hosts two webinar series each year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. Topics for this season’s series are Google Analytics, Integrating your CMS with your AMS (association management system), Advanced Twitter and Creating Content-Rich Mash-up Pages. Here’s the issue: although our webinars are pretty well attended and clients tell us […]